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PepsiCo Enters Agreement To Acquire Snack Maker BFY Brands

PepsiCo Inc., which is headquartered in Purchase, New York, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BFY Brands, the maker of PopCorners snacks. Upon closing, BFY Brands will report to PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America division. The addition of BFY Brands will expand Frito-Lay’s snacking portfolio and further deliver what the company calls its Winning […]

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Key Food Stores Opens SuperFresh Location In Brooklyn

Key Food Stores Co-Operative Inc., a chain of primarily independently owned and corporate grocery stores, held a grand opening of its newest SuperFresh location in Brooklyn, New York, on Nov. 22. Local officials and Key Food executives including CEO Dean Janeway, COO George Knobloch, CFO Sharon Konzelman, CIO Tammy Teague and VP of business development […]

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Sh’nnong Beverage Co. Launches Má Functional Iced Teas

Sh’nnong Beverage Co. is launching new Má Functional Iced Teas with CBD+ natural botanicals with a national rollout to more than 500 locations of The Vitamin Shoppe. Má ready-to-drink teas’ roots date back to 2737 BC when Emperor Shennong of China discovered tea and combined it with organic hemp and botanicals to make his original Má brews. […]

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Retail Business Services Debuts Lunchbox Frictionless Store Technology

Retail Business Services, the services company of Ahold Delhaize USA, launched new frictionless store technology, piloted under the name Lunchbox, which consumers people to shop a small format store in seconds by scanning in, shopping and walking out. The technology is currently being tested in Retail Business Services’ Quincy, Massachusetts, office. Retail Business Services partnered […]

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Colgate-Palmolive Ships First Recyclable Toothpaste Tube

New York, New York-based Colgate-Palmolive has begun the switch to a first-of-its-kind recyclable toothpaste tube and now seeks to enlist other companies to follow its lead. Colgate recently delivered to retailers the first tube recognized by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR)—Antiplaque & Whitening toothpaste under the company’s Tom’s of Maine brand. Tom’s will complete […]

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Stuffed Puffs Opens Manufacturing Facility In Bethlehem, Pa.

Stuffed Puffs, manufacturer of chocolate-filled marshmallows, recently cut the ribbon on its new 150,000-s.f. plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Stuffed Puffs founder and CEO Mike Tierney; Richard Thompson, managing partner of Factory LLC; DJ Marshmello and his manager Moe Shalizi; Jim Petrucci, founder and president of J.G. Petrucci Co. Inc.; Don Cunningham, CEO of Lehigh Valley […]

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Giant Choice Rewards Program Receives Three Awards

Giant Food Stores was honored with three awards during the recent 2019 Loyalty360 Customer Expo. The awards recognized the company’s new loyalty program, Giant Choice Rewards, as a leader in the customer loyalty industry, building stronger and deeper relationships with their customers in a proactive, meaningful and measurable way. Giant company officials accepted the awards during evening […]